Sci-Fi Short Film Wakener - DUST - Online Premiere
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Date: 2024-04-01
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Comments and reviews: 35
SynthoidSounds
Minor hole in the scenario, technician walks in smoking a cigar, on a spacecraft OK, it's supposed to add nuance to the character and all that, but, well. ..
Apparently being allowed to attain hero status was below his pay grade, but nothing that some corrupt rule bending can't solve. Sort of a weird mix of 1984 meets cosmic horror.
So, laying wait, for years, centuries, for that perfect revenge moment. A matter/anti-matter bomb might have been more realistic. No nuclear device, even a thermonuclear device could ever have enough power to eradicate an entire planet, not even close, but OK, still a fun excursion into a cosmic future.
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Minor hole in the scenario, technician walks in smoking a cigar, on a spacecraft OK, it's supposed to add nuance to the character and all that, but, well. ..
Apparently being allowed to attain hero status was below his pay grade, but nothing that some corrupt rule bending can't solve. Sort of a weird mix of 1984 meets cosmic horror.
So, laying wait, for years, centuries, for that perfect revenge moment. A matter/anti-matter bomb might have been more realistic. No nuclear device, even a thermonuclear device could ever have enough power to eradicate an entire planet, not even close, but OK, still a fun excursion into a cosmic future.
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Sovreign071
As over-the top this is, and as overused Cthulu can be to some people, I think this short really has potential!
You have an over-regulated dystopian society, to the point of parody! (You are not cleared for Heroic Action. Love it) And then straight out of left field comes eldritch nightmares!
This feels like a prequel to a series!
That said, Final Offer really nails the Eldritch Horror for me, in terms of incomprehensible and unstoppable forces!
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As over-the top this is, and as overused Cthulu can be to some people, I think this short really has potential!
You have an over-regulated dystopian society, to the point of parody! (You are not cleared for Heroic Action. Love it) And then straight out of left field comes eldritch nightmares!
This feels like a prequel to a series!
That said, Final Offer really nails the Eldritch Horror for me, in terms of incomprehensible and unstoppable forces!
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jimsmith556
nuculer at 6: 15. Seriously Plot and graphics great, but believability not so much. With so much at stake and not going smoothly, why wouldn't Command send in additional units to check what is happening. The officer yelling for the technician to come and being ignored should have triggered some response from Command, or are we to believe their coms wouldn't be monitored. Overall a lot of effort in presentation, but the storyline is full of holes.
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nuculer at 6: 15. Seriously Plot and graphics great, but believability not so much. With so much at stake and not going smoothly, why wouldn't Command send in additional units to check what is happening. The officer yelling for the technician to come and being ignored should have triggered some response from Command, or are we to believe their coms wouldn't be monitored. Overall a lot of effort in presentation, but the storyline is full of holes.
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sydneyperry8703
I loved that this centered around Cthulhu! Also love the telepathy scenes and sticking to the mythology and liked this fresh take on a ranking/level system. I think I was more sad about the mechanic doing the heroic action than I was about the entire earth being destroyed/taken. I’d watch a full movie on this story, great job.
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I loved that this centered around Cthulhu! Also love the telepathy scenes and sticking to the mythology and liked this fresh take on a ranking/level system. I think I was more sad about the mechanic doing the heroic action than I was about the entire earth being destroyed/taken. I’d watch a full movie on this story, great job.
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electricsparks4251
Acting is so poor. I guess this is what you get when hiring poorly trained actors for $5. 00 a day. And the script is so atrocious it had me laughing through the whole movie. Not worth watching, even for a large amount of money.
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Acting is so poor. I guess this is what you get when hiring poorly trained actors for $5. 00 a day. And the script is so atrocious it had me laughing through the whole movie. Not worth watching, even for a large amount of money.
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AdenStaggers
I liked this short Syfy film Scared the shit out of me though. The A level that was in charge first thought was the correct choice destroy the ship or redirect the ship to the sun's gravitational pull because of the nuclear drive.
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I liked this short Syfy film Scared the shit out of me though. The A level that was in charge first thought was the correct choice destroy the ship or redirect the ship to the sun's gravitational pull because of the nuclear drive.
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izzafizza339
Someone should make a fanfiction where they pick any of these universes and cross it over with star trek. I think that'd be cool to see Starfleet klingons romulan etc interact with any of the characters
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Someone should make a fanfiction where they pick any of these universes and cross it over with star trek. I think that'd be cool to see Starfleet klingons romulan etc interact with any of the characters
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joshuacaulfield
Good story, nice effects, but I think they would have benefited from a few rehearsals. The actors clearly had intent and capability, but the actors seem to be operating as if it were a read through.
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Good story, nice effects, but I think they would have benefited from a few rehearsals. The actors clearly had intent and capability, but the actors seem to be operating as if it were a read through.
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MarkRobbo3
Maybe I'm missing some earlier stuff (was there any, but this was just too confusing to be enjoyable. technically OK but I just didn't get the plot, even if you get Cthulhu, which I do. I pass
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Maybe I'm missing some earlier stuff (was there any, but this was just too confusing to be enjoyable. technically OK but I just didn't get the plot, even if you get Cthulhu, which I do. I pass
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DarrenNugent-md4kd
A very thought provoking film which I think will become a cult classic among the Dust universe well done and keep making sci-fi. I give you clearance for heroic action.
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A very thought provoking film which I think will become a cult classic among the Dust universe well done and keep making sci-fi. I give you clearance for heroic action.
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scottadler
Clumsy dialog. Bl; ak urban accents thousands of years in the furture And nucular I thought that the last person to say nucular was Pres. George W. Bush!
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Clumsy dialog. Bl; ak urban accents thousands of years in the furture And nucular I thought that the last person to say nucular was Pres. George W. Bush!
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Vednier
This was good. until it wasnt. I liked levelism hints about future social cast, blatant militarism, mention of resistance, but Cthulhu This is beyond me.
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This was good. until it wasnt. I liked levelism hints about future social cast, blatant militarism, mention of resistance, but Cthulhu This is beyond me.
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HasidicKaiju
They know the ship is abandoned, the know the ship is old. They know about nuclear power. Yet someway, SOMEHOW it is IMPOSSIBRU that it is nuclear.
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They know the ship is abandoned, the know the ship is old. They know about nuclear power. Yet someway, SOMEHOW it is IMPOSSIBRU that it is nuclear.
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gemini6999
The actor playing the technician has the goods. Difficult to build a decent character in a short but he nailed it. Any agents out there listening
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The actor playing the technician has the goods. Difficult to build a decent character in a short but he nailed it. Any agents out there listening
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41divad
She's a piece of work. 2md time watching. draws viewer in.
Nuculer. o well. A power type raector can not explode. o ly melt
Watch it
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She's a piece of work. 2md time watching. draws viewer in.
Nuculer. o well. A power type raector can not explode. o ly melt
Watch it
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CleoCat75
yay, a Dust movie with an actual plot and an ending that you don't have to go searching thru the comments to understand!
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yay, a Dust movie with an actual plot and an ending that you don't have to go searching thru the comments to understand!
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lutherbelle1
Levelism. confirmed entitled peolpe will still be making up oppressision and pretend problems in the future.
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Levelism. confirmed entitled peolpe will still be making up oppressision and pretend problems in the future.
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evangonzalez2245
Hate to tear down what someone put a lot of effort into, but these actors didn't do the script any favors
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Hate to tear down what someone put a lot of effort into, but these actors didn't do the script any favors
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Tarquin2718
Who cares one nuke on earth. Cthulhu is really the dumbest think I have seem apart from Ahsoka this year.
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Who cares one nuke on earth. Cthulhu is really the dumbest think I have seem apart from Ahsoka this year.
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mattyharkin5787
I really enjoyed the story, with some decent acting from gunny and excellent special effects.
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I really enjoyed the story, with some decent acting from gunny and excellent special effects.
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gbalfour9618
The makeup on the guy in status was really good.
Don’t quiet understand the ending thou.
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The makeup on the guy in status was really good.
Don’t quiet understand the ending thou.
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dust
Actually a nonsense story, a dumb station crew, and an end that was already clear at the beginning.
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Actually a nonsense story, a dumb station crew, and an end that was already clear at the beginning.
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martijnjansma6050
Great little movie!
(but what is this nucular’ thing they keep talking about ; )
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Great little movie!
(but what is this nucular’ thing they keep talking about ; )
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Ghostly_One1
Probably should have added an epilepsy warning to the start. The ending is a bit extreme.
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Probably should have added an epilepsy warning to the start. The ending is a bit extreme.
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chodeshadar18
Interesting, but not quite up to the level of classic sci-fi such as Robot Monster!
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Interesting, but not quite up to the level of classic sci-fi such as Robot Monster!
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